Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. STEELE. I did ask him if they were communistic, and he said they
were not. He said they were from an organization affiliated with Tulane
University, or something to that effect, of somehow being connected
with Tulane. I believe I had asked him something about the leaflets
before, and he told me about them being connected with Tulane--some
connection there. I don't remember exactly what he said, but I do
remember him telling me about that, you know, the other time I asked
him, and so then I told him I didn't want any more to do with it, and
he gave me the $2.
Mr. JENNER. He did persist in your continuing to pass them out?
Mr. STEELE. No; he didn't.
Mr. JENNER. Did he deny they had any connection with communism, in so
many words?
Mr. STEELE. He denied that; yes, sir. He didn't really say what it was
for.
Mr. JENNER. He just said it was from an organization connected with
Tulane University?
Mr. STEELE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. But that didn't reassure you, did it?
Mr. STEELE. No: it didn't. It made me stop and wonder though if it was
or wasn't, but then I didn't think any more about it.
Mr. JENNER. Anyhow, you didn't want any more to do with it once you saw
the cameras, did you?
Mr. STEELE. No; I didn't.
Mr. JENNER. And you got your $2, which was the price agreed on, and you
left, is that right?
Mr. STEELE. That's right.
Mr. JENNER. This man that came along with Oswald, have you ever seen
him since then?
Mr. STEELE. No.
Mr. JENNER. Had you ever seen him before that time?
Mr. STEELE. No; I never did.
Mr. JENNER. Was there any conversation between Oswald and the man he
brought along with him that you might have overheard?
Mr. STEELE. No.
Mr. JENNER. What was your impression of the connection between them, if
any?
Mr. STEELE. The same as mine. He was getting them out of this
unemployment place, just like he did me.
Mr. JENNER. When you first went into this unemployment place, did you
notice Oswald in there at that time?
Mr. STEELE. No.
Mr. JENNER. When did you first notice him?
Mr. STEELE. When he came up to me and asked me if I wanted to make a
couple of dollars.
Mr. JENNER. Tell me about that, when you first noticed him--when he
approached you, and what he said. First, how was he dressed, if you
remember?
Mr. STEELE. He had on a white shirt and tie and black pants, and he had
a little briefcase with him, I think.
Mr. JENNER. Probably containing a supply of these leaflets, do you
think?
Mr. STEELE. Well, I don't know.
Mr. JENNER. But he had a little briefcase that you saw, is that right?
Mr. STEELE. Yes; he had a briefcase with him.
Mr. JENNER. Have you ever heard of the name Hidell--A. J. Hidell?
Mr. STEELE. No.
Mr. JENNER. You have never heard of him?
Mr. STEELE. No.
Mr. JENNER. What did the FBI say to you after you talked to them?
Mr. STEELE. That night?
Mr. JENNER. Yes.
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